ER patient held knife to own throat while making demands at Central DuPage Hospital, police say

No one was hurt Saturday when a 31-year-old male patient in the emergency department at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield threatened himself with a knife, authorities said.

Winfield police responded to the hospital campus around 2:35 p.m. Saturday on a report that a patient had a knife to his throat and was making demands of hospital staff, according to a news release issued by police.

Police said the unidentified man was found in the hospital's emergency department armed with a knife.

Officers were able to talk with the patient and calm him down, according to a news release.

"As a result of negotiations, the subject voluntarily relinquished his weapon without the use of force," the release said.

Police said the man was admitted to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation.

Police from Warrenville and West Chicago police departments, as well as deputies from the DuPage County Sheriff's Office, responded to the scene.

"The coordination of responding law enforcement personnel from all four agencies along with the cooperation of hospital staff allowed the situation to be resolved successfully without injury or the use of force," the release said.

Hospital spokesman Christopher King said police were called and the patient was disarmed.

"No staff or any other patients were harmed or involved. The patient is being evaluated," King said.